MacStadium: Dedicated Mac Pro Hosting and Colocation

A desktop system with a novel thermal design is being packed in tightly in a way that the manufacturer probably hasn't tested, and in a way that's going to be hard to diagnose or fix? He who dares I guess :)

What do people use hosted Macs for anyway? I guess there must be some niches, but surely everything that's great about a Mac is optimised for local usage?

Re: MacStadium: Dedicated Mac Pro Hosting and Colocation

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Post by nwh » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 12:13 AM UTC

mattbee wrote: post #4

A desktop system with a novel thermal design is being packed in tightly in a way that the manufacturer probably hasn't tested, and in a way that's going to be hard to diagnose or fix? He who dares I guess :) What do people use hosted Macs for anyway? I guess there must be some niches, but surely everything that's great about a Mac is optimised for local usage?

OSX can only be run on Mac hardware. If you want virtual Macs within the EULA, this is what you must do. This would be attractive for people wanting to to build testing on mac machines, for example.

Re: MacStadium: Dedicated Mac Pro Hosting and Colocation

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Post by JohnHelm » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 12:13 AM UTC

Is this a joke? I guess if you have money to burn.

Re: MacStadium: Dedicated Mac Pro Hosting and Colocation

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Post by vernie » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 12:14 AM UTC

grecy wrote: post #3

Is this purely a marketing ploy? Surely blades are much, much better suited for this...

Show me a blade that I can legally run OS X on.

Re: MacStadium: Dedicated Mac Pro Hosting and Colocation

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Post by JohnHelm » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 12:15 AM UTC

nwh wrote: post #5

mattbee wrote: post #4

A desktop system with a novel thermal design is being packed in tightly in a way that the manufacturer probably hasn't tested, and in a way that's going to be hard to diagnose or fix? He who dares I guess :) What do people use hosted Macs for anyway? I guess there must be some niches, but surely everything that's great about a Mac is optimised for local usage?

OSX can only be run on Mac hardware. If you want virtual Macs within the EULA, this is what you must do. This would be attractive for people wanting to to build testing on mac machines, for example.